Car-starter



(No Model.)

W. P. VIGKERY.

OAR STARTER. No. 330,946. Patented Nov. 24, 1885.

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WILLIAM P. VICKERY, OF EAST AUBURN, -MAINE.

CAR-STARTER.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,946, dated November24, 1885.

Application filed September 23. 1885. Serial No.177,953. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern? Be it known that 1, WILLIAM P. VIcKERY, ofEast Auburn, in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Starters; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the artto which it appert-ains to make and usethe same, reference being bad tothe accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a top plan. vation.

Same letters show like parts.

My invention relates to horse-car starters.

a is the truck-frame. b is the pole. The pole b is connected by a pivotwith the cranks c 0. These cranks c 0 are rigidly connected with gears dd, set rigidly on the shafts e 6. These gears d d mesh withsegment-gears f and g on the arm 9. The arm g is loosely hung on theshaft h, which is the shaft of one pair of the wheels of the car. At theopposite end of the arm 9 is the other segment-gear, 9. On the shafthare set two gears, i j. Over these two gears are set two horizontalarmsJc lc,pivoted at Zl. The arms 70 It" are employed to lift the pawlsm an out of the teeth of the gearst' j,and drop them into the teeth whenrequired.

When the pawls m or m are to be lifted out of the teeth of the gears @j,the outer ends of the arms is or k are passed under the catches n or n.The poles b slip through the holes 0.

Fig. 2is a side ele- When pushed back, they leave the cranksc or WVhendrawn forward,

c,as illustrated by c.

the cranks cor c are in the position illustrated by 0.

When the pole is drawn forward by the animals in starting, one of thegears d or d is partially revolved by the crank c or 0. This throwsdownward the segment-gear f or g. The segment-gear on the other end ofthe arm g,which is thus thrown up, is of course thrown up. This upwardmovement of such gear on such opposite end of the arm 9 causes a partialrevolution of one of the gears t or j, thus causing the car-wheels onthe shaft h to turn also. This is effected by the fact that the pawls mand m are pivoted, one to one end and the other to the other end of thearm 9. Thus an initial movement is given to the shaft h and its wheelswhich aids very essentially in the ease of starting the car and relievesthe animals from that strain and exertion they would otherwise have toundergo.

Poles and the other devices are arranged at each end of a car.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, 1s-

The combination, with the wheel-shaft of a horse-car, of the pole b,cranks c 0, gears 'ij, segment-gears f 9, arm 9, arms is k, and pawls mm, as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM P. VIOKERY.

Witnesses:

FRANK W. DANA, WILLARD F. Es'rEY.

